Saturday, October 27, 2012

Deadlocked - Review

Goodreads description--David was caught in the middle of the city when the zombie outbreak started. His wife and daughters were at home, stranded on the roof as zombies waited below. He would have to fight through hordes of undead, merciless other survivors, and a series of death defying stunts to get home. However, even if he makes it there, how can he be sure they're safe?

Deadlocked puts you into David's head as he struggles to get home. Then a final confrontation occurs that will guarantee his family's survival, but at what cost?

This is a really short read at only 54 pages, but there’s a lot packed into these few pages. Basically we get to experience the zombie outbreak from day 1 which is not something we typically see in any zombie story. We usually pick up with years later or a character that has been out of it while the world went to pot. But this is the first experience I’ve had with seeing everything as it happens.

AR Wise threw rules right out of the door when it came to this short, action packed starter to his zombie series. He quickly lets us know that no one is safe in his zombie world. Truth is though, we don’t get a lot of information about the zombies themselves and David has run-ins with living human beings just as much if not more than actual zombies.

The scenes are somewhat graphic, and language is quite strong in the repeated use of the f-bomb, so this is not a read for younger readers.

All of that being said, Deadlocked was a really quick and intense read perfect for Halloween. I’ll give it 3 stars but only because it’s so short that just as I was getting into it, it was over. I have high expectations for the rest of this series.

5 comments:

Wow, only 3 stars?!? I'm surprised. Oh well, it won't appeal to everyone in the same way. I think I totally missed the author's note...either that or it wasn't in the version I had purchased from Amazon.

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